The family spent a month in Mongolia in 2007, riding across the steppe towards a sacred lake, then on to see the country's most renowned shaman, an old man called Ghoste who lives in a tepee.

2007年一家人在外蒙古待了有1个多月，骑马穿越草原参观圣湖，接着拜访了一位名叫Ghoste住在蒙古包里的这个国家最受尊敬的萨满。

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All of the work that I do points us towards honoring the qualities of the sacred feminine (which lives in both men and women) - such as compassion, art, beauty, nurturance, and community.

我的工作就是引导人们崇敬圣女(世人心中皆有，无分男女)的品质——例如体谅他人、技艺娴熟、美丽优雅、关怀备至与共同分享。

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And I wonder if the latest crisis in America may also push people in the Gulf States and the East away from the sacred dollar and towards the Euro.

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Divided by tribe, wealth and religious sect, Pakistanis often seem to share little but a waning enmity towards India, the sacred spring from which the army draws its strength.

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As the auspicious moment for the ritual dip drew closer, sadhus rushed towards the waters, chanting sacred passages, shouting religious slogans and singing and dancing, before throwing themselves into the river.

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